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410 to proceed. After an uneyentful tenure of office be retamed to China in 1879, and retired in ill-health. He was considered to be a fine scholar, and he was a firiend and relatire by marriage of TMng Eno-fiem.

» KUO T*ai ^ia {T. ij^ ^). A.D. 127-169. A native of |fl "^ Chieh-hsin in Shansi, who distinguished himself as a scholar and teacher under the Later Han dynasty. He was eight feet in height and of an intellectual cast of countenance. Left a poor orphan in early youth, he devoted himself to study; and after a three years' course he proceeded to Lo-yang, where Li Ting became his friend and patron. His lectures were crowded and he was regarded almost in the light of a divine being. It is said that one 91 fR ^^^ Chao, when quite a boy, entered as a menial into his service. ^Tou ought to be at your books," said Euo T'ai; ^Srhat do you want here?*' "It is easy enough to find teachers of books," replied the boy, "but difficult to find ateacher of humanii^. I have come here to place my undyed white silk near your vermilion and blue." Kuo 'Fai subsequently tested his temper by thrice throwing away some gruel which the youth had prepared for him. He was regarded as a model host, because one night when it was raining hard he went out into the garden and cut leeks to make soup for a friend.

Kuo Tzti-hSing |^ -^ ^. Died A.D. 1855. A native of ^ Ting-yflan in Shensi, and maternal uncle of Ghu TQan-chang, first Emperor of the Ming dynasty. Happening to kill a man in a quarrel, in 1353 he joined the rebel leader ^ IS j£ Liu Fu- t^uug, captured j^ Hao-chou in Anhui, and proclaimed himself Generalissimo. He was a bold and able man, but his temper was too violent and overbearing. Canonised by Chu Ttlan-chang as

lb Euo Tzu-i ^ ^^- A.D. 697—781. A native of Hua-chou